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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.25.pr-50.16.25.1

Entirety of Ownership with Usufruct and Definition of Part

Passage 8839 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Paulus discusses the entirety of land ownership even when a usufruct is held by another, contrasting usufruct with servitudes, and presents the differing views of Quintus Mucius and Servius on the definition of the term "part".

[PAULUS libro uicensimo primo ad edictum. ] §50.16.25.prRecte dicimus eum fundum totum nostrum esse, etiam cum usus fructus alienus est, quia usus fructus non dominii pars, sed seruitutis sit, ut uia et iter: nec falso dici totum meum esse, cuius non potest ulla pars dici alterius esse.
[PAULUS, in the twenty-first book on the Edict.] We rightly say that a plot of land is entirely ours, even when the usufruct belongs to another, because the usufruct is not a part of ownership, but of servitude, like a right of way or a footpath; nor is it falsely said that a thing is entirely mine, of which no part can be said to belong to another.
hoc et Iulianus, et est uerius.
This is also the view of Julian, and it is more correct.
§50.16.25.1Quintus Mucius ait partis appellatione rem pro indiuiso significari: nam quod pro diuiso nostrum sit, id non partem, sed totum esse.
Quintus Mucius says that by the designation of "part" an undivided thing is meant; for that which is ours in a divided state is not a part, but a whole.
Seruius non ineleganter partis appellatione utrumque significari.
Servius not inelegantly states that both are meant by the designation of "part".

Notes

  1. §50.16.25.prsit — Subjunctive mood used in the causal clause introduced by *quia*. Rather than stating a direct objective fact, it carries an indirect discourse nuance, indicating a reason as asserted by legal doctrine or authorities such as Julian.
  2. §50.16.25.prcuius non potest ulla pars dici alterius esse — A relative clause whose antecedent is the implied object of meum (that which is mine). *Cuius* is a possessive genitive modifying *ulla pars*, and *alterius* is also a possessive genitive meaning "belonging to another". *Dici* is the passive infinitive governed by *potest*.
  3. §50.16.25.1Seruius non ineleganter partis appellatione utrumque significari — The main verb *ait* is omitted by ellipsis from the preceding sentence. The phrase *non ineleganter* ("not inelegantly", i.e., "very elegantly" or "aptly") is a litotes, praising Servius's opinion, and introduces the accusative with infinitive construction *utrumque significari*.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.25.pr-50.16.25.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.25.pr-50.16.25.1

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